The dividend will be payable on December 15, 2016, to stockholders of record on November 30, 2016, with an ex-dividend date of November 28, 2016.

The annual yield on the dividend is 1.3 percent.

The company also announced that James F. Stern, 54, executive vice president, general counsel and secretary of A.O. Smith Corporation, has been appointed a director of the company to fill the vacancy created when the Board of Directors increased the number of directors constituting the Board by one to a total of nine. Stern has more than 25 years of experience in management, corporate governance and mergers & acquisitions. He joined A.O. Smith in 2007 and, in addition to his corporate development involvement, has for the past several years chaired the company’s global water treatment steering committee, focusing on strategy, expansion and alignment of the company’s water treatment businesses. Prior to joining A.O. Smith, Stern was a partner in the transactional & securities practice group of Foley & Lardner LLP in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

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